Changa
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Changa (चंगा) (Changga, Chango, Chohan) is an ancient gotra of Jats found in Afghanistan.[1]
Origin
Changua village
- चंगा (जाट गोत्र - चंगा) : चंगा नाम का गाँव झारखंड के सराइकेला खरसावाँ जिले की राजनगर विकास-खंड में है।
History
- Rajatarangini[2] mentions Changga as a minister friendly to other powerful chief Tungga in the Kingdom of Kashmir.
- These Chang(a) clan is said to get this name from Chaghaniyan a noble principality of Jats founded by king Faghanish (a Hephthalite Jat descend) in 560s CE.[3]
Notable persons
See also
References
- ↑ An Inquiry Into the Ethnography of Afghanistan By H. W. Bellew, The Oriental University Institute, Woking, 1891, p.13-14,131
- ↑ Rajatarangini of Kalhana:Kings of Kashmira/Book VII,p.174
- ↑ Article, Heng-Nu_Jats#Chaghan_Khudah_Rule
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